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More Details On Unigine's OilRush Game

09-04-2010, 01:20 PM

Phoronix: More Details On Unigine's OilRush Game

A few days ago Unigine Corp announced OilRush, their first in-house game that's coming from the creators of one of the most advanced multi-platform engines. Unigine developers are also fond of Linux and properly support it with the OilRush game receiving the same level of support and there will be a Linux client on launch-day...

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Mostly the trouble is though that the more effective a DRM is, the more invasive it is. They do range from simple key checks from installing rootkits and virtual devices to the user system, after all. Imo depends entirely on what kind of a rootkit it is whether it's acceptable or not. If it goes even close to touching the Linux kernel, I say kill it with fire.

This is still way too much for a donation-based game, but keep it real.

I'm not a gamer and I play very occasionally, but I've purchased a number of Linux titles. I won't buy a game with DRM. I even tried the HL2 demo through wine, and Steam kept locking me out. No thanks, never again. Native and DRM-free, then I'll buy it, and happily donate much more than average too.

EDIT - a one-time key check like in Doom and Quake games is OK for me. Phoning home is not.

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There are benefits to DRM. More intrusive DRM means more fun for the crackers, with the added bonus that it will hold us off for an extra hour or two before breaking it, during which perhaps 1-2 impatient would-be pirates will purchase the game.